Current ramp-up by lower hybrid waves in the PLT tokamak

Technical Report · Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6117325· OSTI ID:6117325

Jobes, F C; Bernabei, S; Chu, T K; Hooke, W M; Meservey, E B; Motley, R W; Stevens, J E; von Goeler, S

Recent lower hybrid current drive experiments have clearly demonstrated that the current in a tokamak discharge can be maintained by rf drive alone. We have extended the operating regime of such plasma to include ramping-up of the current. We find that at densities of approx. 2 x 10/sup 12/ cm/sup -3/ approximately 25% of the launched rf power is converted to magnetic field energy.

• Research Organization: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03073
• OSTI ID: 6117325
• Report Number(s): PPPL-2200; ON: DE85008922
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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